Contributor: Nate Maye

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Take this mind of mine,
Transpose it,
Change my view
like a mythical eye passing
among old consorts,
Talk me into a new way
as if I am on a ledge
of logic, about to leap.


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Contributor: Nate Maye

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They put me at the wheel,
big mistake, and let me guide
them to the shore, but we
never made it that far, my
hands spinning, the wind
invisible and unpredictable,
going in endless circles on
the water, dizzying, maddening,
and worst of all shameful.


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Nate Maye is new to poetry. He studies literature, watches more television than he should, and is from Texas.

Contributor: Nate Maye

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A slight skew, lean
to the left, we
walk with our own
series of assumptions
array of abstractions,
like taking a political
quiz with no real answers,
one leg always outgrows
the other, causing tipping.


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Contributor: Nate Maye

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If I could take your world
on my shoulders, bear all
unkindness for you, I might
try, if my muscles were
broad enough, bones strong
enough

If I could hold up the world
for a few more minutes,
I would at least think about it,
if nothing else for your sake.


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Nate Maye is new to poetry. He studies literature, watches more television than he should, and is from Texas.

Contributor: Nate Maye

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Ashes spread at noon,
remind us, an observatory
park on where we visit,
who we claim to be,
more of the same half-truths,
carried away to be buried
scattered in the midday sun.


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Contributor: Nate Maye

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Dash the rain to the side
of our windows, away from our
houses, we run inside

as if we can escape the fall
of order from the sky, as if
we are on this earth to survive

Inside, we dry off together
listening to the sound of each
other breathing.


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Nate Maye is new to poetry. He studies literature, watches more television than he should, and is from Texas.